{"id":1238,"date":"2015-06-16T11:22:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T15:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2021-07-21T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T16:56:57","slug":"experiences-abroad-teach-students-about-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/experiences-abroad-teach-students-about-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiences Abroad Teach Students About Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just about a year ago, Liliana Galo, 23, had the opportunity to impact the lives of high school students through music and language in a city located along one of the tributaries of the Amazon River.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEvery day we had a music assembly,\u201d Galo said. \u201cWe taught them songs in English. The students really loved it, [they had] a lot of energy [and] they understood what they were singing now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the US-Brazil Connect program, Galo traveled to Porto Velho in Brazil to enrich high school students&#8217; knowledge of English through classroom instruction as well as videoconferencing. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe taught for four hours of the day; one coach per classroom of about 10 students,\u201d Galo said. \u201cWe spent five days a week teaching, but getting to know their culture was the best part.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galo\u2019s trip was made possible through Miami Dade College&#8217;s Office of International Education which hosts about 15 faculty led programs and holds more than 20 agreements with foreign universities around the world. This summer more than 100 MDC students are studying abroad. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joanne Michaud, the program manager of the College\u2019s Office of International Education, is the main contact for students interested in studying abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office organizes its offerings into three different types of programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One type of program involves faculty-led efforts proposed by MDC professors. This summer, Honors College sophomore Constance Thurmond and Honors College alumni Daniela Rangel and Aaron Williams are taking credit courses in Mandarin in the People\u2019s Republic of China. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s incredible to think this trip resulted from a random visit to the Chinese Culture Club,\u201d Thurmond posted on her Facebook page. \u201cI am uber grateful and excited to learn with this cool group of people as we embark in a foreign and yet culturally affluent land!\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trip was developed in part by graphic design professor Eric Cornish and is going on through mid-June. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another type, The College Consortium for International Studies, allows MDC students to participate in study abroad programs being organized by other schools. Recent MDC graduate Valentina Plaza, will study French intensively for six hours a day in Annecy, France through language school IFALPES. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;m sure it will be awesome,\u201d Plaza wrote in an email to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before her trip. \u201cI really recommend students taking advantage of this privilege Miami Dade offers us!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The third type of programs involves College partnerships with organizations that specifically organize study abroad programs, such as Galo\u2019s trip to Brazil which was sponsored by US-Brazil Connect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside MDC departments also offer trips abroad. The Confucius Institute\u2019s July trip to China takes place at Beijing International Chinese College, which hosts students for two weeks for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/student-garners-prestigious-scholarship-to-study-at-distinguished-chinese-university\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Chinese language learning<\/span><\/a>, arts engagement and cultural immersion. The trip requires students to pay only for airfare and visa fees and to complete two levels of Chinese credit courses at MDC. This year, 21 students from MDC are participating.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to arriving in France, Plaza had to plan carefully in order to finance her trip. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBefore even starting my first semester, [Michaud] gave me information and prepared a budget for me,\u201d Plaza said. \u201cI started saving money to be able to go. I would have gotten financial aid, but I had used it all.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some programs, such as Galo&#8217;s trip to Brazil, combine funding from different sources in order to substantially lower the cost for prospective travelers. In her case, US-Brazil Connect covered housing, meals and transportation through a fellowship, while Miami Dade College covered airfare.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI sincerely think that no one could have been able to go if it wasn&#8217;t covered,\u201d Galo said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Galo estimates the sum total of her trip was somewhere between $3,000 and $4,000. Plaza estimates her trip\u2019s cost to be around $3,500 including lodging costs. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jean Daphnis, the current Director of Financial Aid at the Wolfson Campus, is the contact for students seeking financial aid for study abroad programs. Although Miami Dade College does not offer financial aid packages solely for study abroad purposes, Daphnis meets with students to counsel them about using their financial aid refund for their trip. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students taking courses abroad through faculty-led programs can have their credits validated by the MDC financial aid system. Those taking courses through consortium agreements must meet with Daphnis in order to have the funds for those courses disbursed manually. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Michaud, the application process generally requires students to meet with her to discuss their interests in study abroad. Students then meet with their academic advisor in order to determine their ability to take courses abroad, and finally begin developing a budget sheet in order to finance the program. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe application process is really simple, I just had to write an essay and answer some questions,\u201d said Plaza. \u201cPerhaps the most complicated part is waiting for an answer to see if I had been accepted. Once I received the acceptance letter, I also received all the forms I had to fill out in order to travel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michaud, who has traveled to China and France, said study abroad programs can build students&#8217; confidence by getting them out of their comfort zone, provide them with cross-cultural experience and make them more marketable when seeking employment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Margaret Di Gennaro, a Grant Support Coordinator at the Kendall Campus, traveled to Brazil, Ecuador and India through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotary.org\/en\/our-programs\/youth-exchanges\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Rotary International Youth Exchange<\/span><\/a> program and through Syracuse University in New York. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt&#8217;s very beneficial to have real-life experiences in another country,\u201d Di Gennaro said. \u201cEach country has changed me quite a bit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about Miami Dade College\u2019s Study Abroad programs contact: Joanne Michaud, at (305) 237-3008 or at <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:jmichau1@mdc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jmichau1@mdc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just about a year ago, Liliana Galo, 23, had the opportunity to impact the lives of high school students through music and language in a city located along one of the tributaries of the Amazon River. \u201cEvery day we had a music assembly,\u201d Galo said. \u201cWe taught them songs in English. 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